Top 10 MOST POPULAR Songs of 1988

It's once again time to dive into another year in the Billboard charts. If you are new this week, I had a goal recently to determine what the top songs of all time were based on a formula that I came up with to keep track of the top songs on the Billboard charts each year. Here's the methodology: each year of the charts I go week by week, giving points to the songs that make the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100. The #1 song gets 10 points, the #2 song gets 9 points, all the way down to the #10 song getting 1 point. I could've done the whole Hot 100 like this, but that would've been too time consuming, so I just stuck to the top 10 for now. If you are wanting to check out previous years that I've done, you can follow the links at the bottom of each list to browse through the years or you can search the blog archive on the right. It's my hope that as you scroll through this list that you take time to actually listen to the songs as you go instead of just looking at the title. This has been a great way for me to learn of new music and be reminded of songs that I may have forgotten about and I feel this can have the same effect on you, regardless of your taste in music. So without further delay, let's see what 1988 had to offer!

10- "Anything for You" - Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine


9- "Father Figure" - George Michael


8- "Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car" - Billy Ocean


7- "Man in the Mirror" - Michael Jackson


6- "Never Gonna Give You Up" - Rick Astley


5- "Could've Been" - Tiffany


4- "Sweet Child o' Mine" - Guns N' Roses


3- "Look Away" - Chicago


2- "Roll with It" - Steve Winwood


1- "One More Try" - George Michael


Click here to see the top songs of 1987
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Click here to see the top songs of the entire 1980's
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Top 10 MOST POPULAR Songs of 1987

It's once again time to dive into another year in the Billboard charts. If you are new this week, I had a goal recently to determine what the top songs of all time were based on a formula that I came up with to keep track of the top songs on the Billboard charts each year. Here's the methodology: each year of the charts I go week by week, giving points to the songs that make the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100. The #1 song gets 10 points, the #2 song gets 9 points, all the way down to the #10 song getting 1 point. I could've done the whole Hot 100 like this, but that would've been too time consuming, so I just stuck to the top 10 for now. If you are wanting to check out previous years that I've done, you can follow the links at the bottom of each list to browse through the years or you can search the blog archive on the right. It's my hope that as you scroll through this list that you take time to actually listen to the songs as you go instead of just looking at the title. This has been a great way for me to learn of new music and be reminded of songs that I may have forgotten about and I feel this can have the same effect on you, regardless of your taste in music. So without further delay, let's see what 1987 had to offer!

10- "Head to Toe" - Lisa Lisa


9- "Here I Go Again" - Whitesnake


8- "Didn't We Almost Have it All" - Whitney Houston


7- "With or Without You" - U2


6- "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" - Starship


5- "Shakedown (from 'Beverly Hills Cop II')" - Bob Seger


4- "La Bomba" - Los Lobos


3- "Livin' On a Prayer" - Bon Jovi


2- "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" - Whitney Houston


1- "Alone" - Heart 


Click here to see the top songs of 1986
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Click here to see the top songs of the entire 1980's
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Top 10 MOST POPULAR Songs of 1986

It's once again time to dive into another year in the Billboard charts. If you are new this week, I had a goal recently to determine what the top songs of all time were based on a formula that I came up with to keep track of the top songs on the Billboard charts each year. Here's the methodology: each year of the charts I go week by week, giving points to the songs that make the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100. The #1 song gets 10 points, the #2 song gets 9 points, all the way down to the #10 song getting 1 point. I could've done the whole Hot 100 like this, but that would've been too time consuming, so I just stuck to the top 10 for now. If you are wanting to check out previous years that I've done, you can follow the links at the bottom of each list to browse through the years or you can search the blog archive on the right. It's my hope that as you scroll through this list that you take time to actually listen to the songs as you go instead of just looking at the title. This has been a great way for me to learn of new music and be reminded of songs that I may have forgotten about and I feel this can have the same effect on you, regardless of your taste in music. So without further delay, let's see what 1986 had to offer!

10- "Live to Tell" - Madonna


9- "Stuck with You" - Huey Lewis


8- "Papa Don't Preach" - Madonna


7- "West End Girls" - Pet Shop Boys


6- "Kiss" - Prince and The Revolution

Prince's songs aren't on the internet

5- Rock Me Amadeus" - Falco


4- "Kyrie" - Mr. Mister


3- "Greatest Love of All" - Whitney Houston


2- "On My Own" - Patti LaBelle


1- "That's What Friends are For" - Dionne


Click here to see the top songs of 1985
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Click here to see the top songs of the entire 1980's
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Top 10 MOST POPULAR Songs of 1985

It's once again time to dive into another year in the Billboard charts. If you are new this week, I had a goal recently to determine what the top songs of all time were based on a formula that I came up with to keep track of the top songs on the Billboard charts each year. Here's the methodology: each year of the charts I go week by week, giving points to the songs that make the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100. The #1 song gets 10 points, the #2 song gets 9 points, all the way down to the #10 song getting 1 point. I could've done the whole Hot 100 like this, but that would've been too time consuming, so I just stuck to the top 10 for now. If you are wanting to check out previous years that I've done, you can follow the links at the bottom of each list to browse through the years or you can search the blog archive on the right. It's my hope that as you scroll through this list that you take time to actually listen to the songs as you go instead of just looking at the title. This has been a great way for me to learn of new music and be reminded of songs that I may have forgotten about and I feel this can have the same effect on you, regardless of your taste in music. So without further delay, let's see what 1985 had to offer!

10- "Don't You (Forget About Me)" - Simple Minds


9- "Separate Lives (Theme from White Nights) - Phil Collins & Marilyn Martin


8- "Shout" - Tears for Fears


7- "Money for Nothing" - Dire Straits


6- "The Power of Love" - Huey Lewis


5- "I Want to Know What Love Is" - Foreigner


4- "Can't Fight this Feeling" - REO Speedwagon


3- "Careless Whisper" - Wham!


2- "We are the World" - USA for Africa


1- Crazy for You" - Madonna



Click here to see the top songs of 1984
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